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Sometimes you want to be 100% sure your HTTP(s) client works exactly like it promises. That means you'll need tests. But what kind of? J...

I just discovered brilliant tool to generate load (cpu, io, ram, disk) on a Linux machine - stress .

Today I discovered that log4j (at least, currently latest version in 1.2 family, 1.2.17) can use only java system properties (which are pass...

Probably it a sign of my declining years, but yesterday I spotted a bug in Oracle's JDK. It's a first time of my life. And I want to...

The day has come and now you want to test your data access layer. Or, perhaps, you need to test a service layer but to be sure that your te...

What if you are debugging your Spring-based project and database is not accessible for all that db viewers/managers/administrator tools. And...

Everyone knows how to convert properties file with localization strings from native encoding to ASCII- simply use native2ascii which is par...

Hint for those who wants access their workplace (hosted in MS Windows Server LAN) via VPN from remote Ubuntu PC. You need to add new VPN c...

Two day's fight is over - with a (small) victory - I've got Unity 3d on my fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install. Right after OS installation ...